Good morning from sunny and warm Northeast Ohio!
This is the spot were the forum modelers can post projects in process, completed projects and favorite layout pictures.
Managed to complete a couple of cars this week.
First is another BAR 50' boxcar, car was rebuilt in 1971 from the 10000 series of ACF Boxcars, the railroad added end of car cushioning, removed the roofwalks and lowered the ladders. I added the end of car cushioning using a Moloco kit and then painted the car with Scalecoat II ATSF Red, Black and Silver paints then lettered with Highball Graphics decals. Car was used in hauling paper products from Maine to all over the country.
Next is the next car in the DT&I ACF 4600 CF Covered Hopper Fleet. Car built from an undecorated Athearn kit, then painted with Scalecoat II UP Covered Hopper Gray Paint and lettered with Herald King Decals. Car was used serving grain elevators on the southern portion of the DT&I.
Picture taken at the Strongsville Model Railroad Club of my PRR GP9's with a mixed freight.
Thanks for looking, and now looking forward to the good stuff.
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Thanks Rick for starting off WPF. Good looking cars as always. The GP9s and the freight look good too.
Still working on the redesign/bashing of the old flour mill. Its starting to take shape, I think. It still needs loading docks, shed roofs and a myriad of details. I'm getting there.
Here it is with a new coat of paint and most of the windows and roofs in place:
A little something while playing with trains:
Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.
Remember its your railroad
Allan
Track to the BRVRR Website: http://www.brvrr.com/
It´ll be a while until I am able to present new work, so here is another "blast from the past".
My On30 layout:
1. Scratchbuilt engine house
2. Twilight on the barren coast of Maine
Memories of my mini-modular N scale layout
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Rick: I love the clean look and lettering on that covered hopper car.
Allan: Great job on the Red Wing conversion work. It looks like a completely different structure now.
Ulrich: That was a good effort on the engine house. It looks very good.
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I have spent the week in my "dorm room workshop" in Tampa. I had to work late every night this week, but I did manage to get some work on my new Yarmouth resin boxcar kit. This is for a LACKAWANNA rebuilt boxcar with extended height, steel sides, and double doors. I added the AB brakes, the kit came with K brakes.
Still a long way to go, but at least I have something new to share.
Keep the photos and fun coming.
Happy Weekend!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Hello, Folks!
Another weekend is upon us, so soon!
Thanks for getting things started, Rick. Great work on those kits as usual.
I also enjoy "{kit-bashing" many of the Walthers structure kits, Allan. Fortunately they are readily adaptable to hacking.
I'm glad you are able to enjoy the results of your past efforts, Ulrich. I hope you are able to get your hobby activity going again once you are settled in to your new surroundings.
Nice work on the resin kit, Kevin. I just happened to send away to Yarmouth for some brass detail parts. Generally, I dislike working with resin but for some models it is the only choice.
Last week I enjoyed my 63rd birthday. I treated myself to a fourteen-car set of Congressional Limited cars!
PRR_1952-Congressional by Edmund, on Flickr
They are beautifully finished and very well detailed (Samhongsa) and roll surprizingly well . I haven't had a chance to get any photos of them on the layout just yet. I'll probably have to make a video run-by since I'd never be able to get the whole train into one camera frame
Great stuff, folks! Keep 'em coming!
Cheers, Ed
SeeYou190Ulrich: That was a good effort on the engine house. It looks very good.
Cutting 2,000 shingles from a sheet of thin veneer and glueing them down was a nightmare. It left me with my right hand in a cast for two weeks.
Rick .... Your GP9's look crate.
Allan ..... Nice work on the building.
Ed .... That is an impressive passenger train.
Kevin .... Excellent work on the freight car.
Ulrich ..... It is good to see photos of your past modeling.
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Below is an FT ABBA :
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Rick, Thanks for starting-up the WPF with the nice rolling stock and absorbing shot of the freight snaking it's way upgrade
Kevin, Take it that your fine example of detailed boxcar modeling took place 'on the road' so to speak? According to MRR Mag. another model railroader named Rod Stewart has done a fair piece of modeling while 'on the road'. Must be a fine way to relax when work takes a modeler away from home and the hobby bench.
Offering a rerun in the spirit of MRR Mag's Special Issue; Railroading After Dark and Mike Lehman's The Night Scene thread.
Thanks to all the contributors. Have a good weekend and regards, Peter
Great photos this weekend everyone. I decided to add two turnouts to the Junction yards for better operations. Got a little help from these guys. Now to add some sleepers/ties to make it look better and wire up the tortoises.
Alan Jones in Sunny Queensland (Oz)
Wouawww, great stuff in this WPF.....; we are going to the high level here
I have worked again on my kitbash in N scale wich I showed last week
The structure will be one on the ground structures around my Fos Wharf for my port Elisabeth.
All the annexes are glued on the main building, the Laser Art Branchline kit.
I have replaced the kit windows with some Grandt Line N scale windows because I feeled the kit windows a bit "crude"; the GL windows are just a in fit in the holes of the Branchline kit however the big arched windows which is Tichy is put in place of a original marchandise door hole and has needed some adjustement an filing.
All the Windows are glued in place including glazing and some curtains.
All the roofs are in place and the main one has received his final covering of slates made by Bar Mills.
Missing are the finish of all the others roofs, weathering and the added details like chimneys, ventilators, gutters some piping.....and people.
This structures will be part of an ensemble of two structures for a yard boat repairs; this one will be the motor shop, the second one for hull ship repairs; also will come a small dry dock or a launching trolley just against these structures.
HO-VeloKevin, Take it that your fine example of detailed boxcar modeling took place 'on the road' so to speak? According to MRR Mag. another model railroader named Rod Stewart has done a fair piece of modeling while 'on the road'. Must be a fine way to relax when work takes a modeler away from home and the hobby bench.
Yes, I build a lot when I am "on the road" for work. I have two portable tool boxes. One is a small machinst chest with everything I need for model construction. The other is a tackle box with everything I need to apply decals.
Usually one or the other is with me.
Thanks all for sharing your inspiring accomplishments. I always check out WPF.
I've been preparing to install two mainline Kadee 309 electric uncouplers so my unintended (cylinder magnets) uncouplings come to an end. I've figured out how to wire them up, procured all the needed parts (power supply, pushbuttons, etc.). Today I tackled removing some prior (not good for mainline) cylinder magnets and undoing the track (with soldered joiners), which got interesting. So that is all done and next step is cutting the rectangular holes for the uncoupler assemblies and wiring things up.
Here is the area that needed track release. I will note that the latex track securing made removal fairly easy and just lightly tacking the adjacent turnout made messing with it (to remove some magnet cylinders there) easy. The challenging issue was releasing the soldered, painted rail joiners in two spots, plus the condition of the rail ends (to accept rail joiners) after doing so. After removal, I decided to replace the two removed sections with new track so that I only had to file improve the adjacent rail ends. I did have to cut one track at the left end, but first procured a recommended Dremel flex attachment that allows perpendicular rail cutting.
I think the hard part is done.
Uncouplers Prep (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Paul: Did you decide on a control/power system for your uncoupling magnets?
SeeYou190Paul: Did you decide on a control/power system for your uncoupling magnets? . -Kevin
I got an Amazon 15v / 2.2A DC walwart. I did not want an AC type. It functions on the bench but I will report later on the subject Kadee 309 thread (in a few weeks) after installing.
SeeYou190 Yes, I build a lot when I am "on the road" for work. I have two portable tool boxes. One is a small machinst chest with everything I need for model construction. The other is a tackle box with everything I need to apply decals. . Usually one or the other is with me. . -Kevin .
Kevin, I must confess that I have tried taking models with me to other places, but more often than not, something lands up broken or lost, despite precautions (such as putting little parts in places where they shouldn't wander). How do you aviod that?
Just curious.
I'm beginning to realize that Windows 10 and sound decoders have a lot in common. There are so many things you have to change in order to get them to work the way you want.
peahrens Thanks all for sharing your inspiring accomplishments. I always check out WPF. I've been preparing to install two mainline Kadee 309 electric uncouplers so my unintended (cylinder magnets) uncouplings come to an end. I've figured out how to wire them up, procured all the needed parts (power supply, pushbuttons, etc.). Today I tackled removing some prior (not good for mainline) cylinder magnets and undoing the track (with soldered joiners), which got interesting. So that is all done and next step is cutting the rectangular holes for the uncoupler assemblies and wiring things up. Here is the area that needed track release. I will note that the latex track securing made removal fairly easy and just lightly tacking the adjacent turnout made messing with it (to remove some magnet cylinders there) easy. The challenging issue was releasing the soldered, painted rail joiners in two spots, plus the condition of the rail ends (to accept rail joiners) after doing so. After removal, I decided to replace the two removed sections with new track so that I only had to file improve the adjacent rail ends. I did have to cut one track at the left end, but first procured a recommended Dremel flex attachment that allows perpendicular rail cutting. I think the hard part is done. Uncouplers Prep (2) by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr
Just a remark take caution by the fact the magnetic uncoupler of Kadee - MT need a lot of current to work properly, meaning severals amps !
Because of this problem I ended with the following design.
This is the way I use permanent magnets without any trouble of unwanted uncoupling.
The design comes from my modeler friend Jacques Leplat; the four last pictures are his pictures.
The Kadee - MT permanent work only in one way, if you change the way, meaning you turn the magnet 90° the field of the magnet didn't affect the Kadee - MT couplers.
Here some pictures of my design; you can remote them manualy or with aservo using a Tam Valley turnout control; these device cost nothing, just a little time, no more then a 30' to be build.
HO-Velo
I know the weekend is over for most of us. I'm not really posting late because I work Saturdays and my weekend is Sunday and Monday.
Therefore I am in a different state and I can comment on WPF on Monday
As always, nice modeling guys. Always a treat to look at what everyone's doing to get some inspiration and ideas.
HO-Velo...... Peter.
If I ever get to a point of modeling quality within a respectable percentage of the quality you model. I will be very proud of myself....... I'm always fascinated with your work.
Track Fiddler
peahrens I will report later on the subject Kadee 309 thread (in a few weeks) after installing
Thank you, I look forward to that report.
Good luck.